Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker calls for $122 million child tax credit in ‘state of the state’ speech
January 26, 2018

Heading into the most challenging re-election race of his 25-year political career, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker sought to win working voters Wednesday by proposing a $100 per child tax credit and investments in schools and health care.

In his eighth “state of the state” address in the Assembly chamber, Walker spoke for more than an hour and called for the $122 million a year child tax credit that would be paid to parents even if they have no state income tax liability. It’s another step by Walker to rally fellow Republicans and move to the middle after the party’s recent loss in a Senate special election.

The credit would be paid for by using the state’s expected budget surplus, which was projected last month to come in $138 million better than previously thought.